Parts upgrade advice anyone?
chrispidgeon
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I have got a 2004 Gary Fisher Marlin Disc - this one
http://www.fisherbikes.com/bike/archivemodel/47
I got it used a few months ago for £250, it has been serviced by my LBS, given a clean bill of health and has basically hardly been ridden in its life, up until my ownership.
It goes very well, stops well, etc, and I am really getting back into MTB after 15 years away. so.....
What I am thinking is this - how good is the frame (seems decent to me but I am no expert) - in other words, will it be worth up-speccing the bike component wise (changing everything in time really) - is the frame good enough to merit this approach, or would I be better plumping for a new bike? (thinking Cube LTD Race, orange something, kona something etc). I think the fork is really poor on mine.
All thoughts appreciated.
Chris
http://www.fisherbikes.com/bike/archivemodel/47
I got it used a few months ago for £250, it has been serviced by my LBS, given a clean bill of health and has basically hardly been ridden in its life, up until my ownership.
It goes very well, stops well, etc, and I am really getting back into MTB after 15 years away. so.....
What I am thinking is this - how good is the frame (seems decent to me but I am no expert) - in other words, will it be worth up-speccing the bike component wise (changing everything in time really) - is the frame good enough to merit this approach, or would I be better plumping for a new bike? (thinking Cube LTD Race, orange something, kona something etc). I think the fork is really poor on mine.
All thoughts appreciated.
Chris
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either get something like a RS tora to replace your fork, or if you have £500+ to spend on a new bike, get one. pauls cycles have some good deals on 08 and 09 konas0
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cheers for that. Which Tora model might be good? I am a bit bewildered by the choices available as last time I was seriously into this was almost 15-20 years ago lol0
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Tora 318 air, £150 at Merlin.
Other than that just fit new tyres and that is all I would do! Save the money until parts wear out..0 -
thanks very much. So can pretty much any fork go on any bike (possible stoopid question alert)?
And why do you say tyres in particular?0 -
Any fork with disc mounts (though you may need adapters in this case) and 80-100mm of travel with a threadless 28.6mm steerer. Which the Tora has - though it is 120mm travel and can be changed internally.
Original fitted tyres tend to be wire beaded and heavy - a kevlar beaded tyre will save a lot of weight for not much money.0 -
cool, thanks very much.
Can my bike not have 120mm travel fork on it then?
I have seen a tora uturn coil which can have the travel externally adjusted too...0 -
120mm may be a bit too much and change the handling negatively.
The 318 is the best tora - the 302 has a simpler damping system. Uturn can be had for both.0 -
right, thanks.
Will investigate. Seems the better option that changing the bike for the moment anyway.0
